The revolt of 1857 began with the rising of the sepoys on 10 May 1857 at which cantonment?
- A.Barrackpore
- B.Meerut
- C.Kanpur
- D.Lucknow
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Meerut. On 10 May 1857 the sepoys of the 3rd Light Cavalry at Meerut rose in revolt, released the comrades who had been imprisoned for refusing the greased cartridge, killed their officers and marched on Delhi the next day, where they proclaimed Bahadur Shah Zafar emperor of Hindustan.
Option A is wrong because Barrackpore in Bengal saw the earlier incident of 29 March 1857, when Mangal Pandey attacked his officers; that was the spark, not the outbreak. Option C is wrong because Kanpur rose only in June 1857, under Nana Saheb. Option D is wrong because the sepoys at Lucknow rose at the end of May 1857 and the leadership there passed to Begum Hazrat Mahal. For the examination, remember that the Meerut rising is the formal beginning of the revolt and that Delhi fell to the rebels on 11 May 1857.
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Practice Questions
View allMangal Pandey, the sepoy who attacked his officers at Barrackpore in March 1857, belonged to which district of present Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Ballia
- B.Ghazipur
- C.Azamgarh
- D.Jaunpur
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Mangal Pandey came from Nagwa village in Ballia district of eastern Uttar Pradesh and served in the 34th Native Infantry.
Read the full explanation →Who led the revolt of 1857 at Kanpur?
- A.Tatya Tope
- B.Nana Saheb
- C.Azimullah Khan
- D.Bakht Khan
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Dhondu Pant, known as Nana Saheb, was the adopted son of the last Peshwa Baji Rao II, and the Company had refused him his father's pension and titles under the Doctrine of Lapse.
Read the full explanation →At Lucknow, Begum Hazrat Mahal led the revolt after proclaiming whom as Nawab of Awadh?
- A.Wajid Ali Shah
- B.Birjis Qadr
- C.Nasiruddin Haidar
- D.Asaf ud Daula
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Begum Hazrat Mahal, a wife of the deposed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, had her young son Birjis Qadr proclaimed Nawab of Awadh in 1857 and led the resistance at Lucknow, where the British were besieged in the Residency and the Chief Commissioner Henry Lawrence was killed.
Read the full explanation →Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was killed in action in June 1858 near which place?
- A.The fort of Jhansi
- B.Kalpi
- C.Kotah ki Serai near Gwalior
- D.Kanpur
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After Hugh Rose took the fort of Jhansi in April 1858 the Rani escaped, joined Tatya Tope, and with him seized Gwalior from the Scindia's forces.
Read the full explanation →The revolt of 1857 at Bareilly was led by which leader?
- A.Khan Bahadur Khan
- B.Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah
- C.Liaquat Ali
- D.Kunwar Singh
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He was a grandson of the Rohilla chief Hafiz Rahmat Khan and had served as a judicial officer under the Company before the revolt.
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